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Today is Armistice Day, which commemorates the ceasefire between the Allies and Germany on the Western Front during the First World War. Though battle continued on other fronts after the armistice was signed “on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 1918, we remember 11 November as the official end of “the war to end all wars.”
In honor of the Great War, the Oxford Bibliographies team has created this interactive map, a visual bibliography of critical moments, battles, people, technology, and other elements that defined the spirit of the times across continents. Explore the trenches, navigate the front-lines, and track troop movements while gaining scholarly insights into this crucial period, from the outbreak of the War to its conclusion and lasting effects.
Note: This map may not be a completely accurate geographical portrayal, but it is intended to depict historical facts pertaining to the “Great War” and the countries and regions involved.
Featured image credit: Battle of Broodseynde [sic] Ridge. Troops moving up at eventide. Men of a Yorkshire regiment on the march. Ernest Brooks. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.
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This week many countries will be honoring their war dead. Called Veterans Day in the U.S., November 11th is referred to as Remembrance Day in Canada and Armistice Day in the UK. Although there are many fine books for children on the subject of war, the wordless picture book Why by Nikolai Popov is a compelling allegorical meditation on the subject. It depicts an encounter between a mouse and frog that becomes suddenly fraught with tension and unexpected violence that leads to a massacre. The book is beautifully illustrated by Popov whose own memories of the war from his perspective as a young Russian boy (he was born in 1938) are recounted in the author’s note in the back.
Are there any books about war that you share with your children? Do share them with us!
90 years ago today they signed the Armistice to signal the end of the War to end all Wars. Of course, it wasn't by any means the end of war. This poem wasn't written for the Armistice but it is appropriate for the day, I feel.
Everyone Sang
Everyone suddenly burst out singing;
And I was filled with such delight
As prisoned birds must find in freedom,
Winging wildly across the white
Orchards and dark-green fields; on - on - and out of sight.
Everyone's voice was suddenly lifted;
And beauty came like the setting sun:
My heart was shaken with tears; and horror
Drifted away ... O, but Everyone
Was a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing will never be done.
(c) Siegfried Sassoon
this poem evokes the feelings a lot of us have had this past week following the US presidential election, a sense that there is now singing and that the singing will go on. It's a timely reminder, though, that of course there will still be reasons not to sing, even though we do sing now. Lovely poem.
And you Americans were not alone in feeling that way. I know plenty of Brits who felt a good deal of hope at the election of Barack Obama.
But anyone with any sense will know that Obama doesn't hold a magic wand with which to cure the world's ills, any more than the Armistice signalled the end of all wars...
Michele,
Just stopping by to say HI!
Yes, many of us Americans are exuberant over the election of Barack Obama! I never thought I would see an African American elected president in my lifetime. Sometimes people are surprising.
BTW, My father was stationed in Chipping Norton for part of his time in Europe during World War II. He loved it there in the Cotswolds. He always talked about England fondly. In 1972, my husband and traveled around England and Scotland by car. We fell in love with both countries--and we especially liked the Cotswolds.
Hi Elaine.
Chipping Norton's not too many miles from me... It's a lovely place - but then, I grew up in the Cotswolds, so I'm biased!
I'm not sure America could have persuaded anyone to take it seriously had it elected Obama.